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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Don't treat Trump like he has no agency  —  Reporters who know Donald Trump know that he will respond to Kamala Harris's candidacy with racist and sexist attacks on her as a woman of color.  —  In fact, he's already started.  —  But the way two New York Times journalists wrote about it on Tuesday …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris improves on Biden's performance against Trump in early look at new matchup  —  The likely 2024 presidential election campaign between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begins with no clear leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS …
CNN:
Biden to deliver Oval Office address on decision not to seek reelection as Harris and Trump hit the trail  —  President Joe Biden's address to the nation Wednesday evening will serve not only to explain his shocking decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race but will carry an element …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump said to be ‘freaking out’ as he's ‘caught in a no-win situation’ against Harris  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' energetic speech in Milwaukee on Tuesday signaled a sea change in how the 2020 presidential campaign will be run, argues Salon's Amanda Marcotte.
Discussion: The Hill
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Warn Him: Underestimate Kamala at Your Peril  —  Republicans close to Trump tell him that while they were heading for a landslide before, Harris is putting key swing states back in play  —  IN THE DAYS since Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, several Republicans close to Donald Trump …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
In Oval Office address, Biden to frame his 2024 decision as a ‘defense of democracy’  —  The president is also expected to say in his prime-time address that “the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation.  That is the best way to unite our nation.”
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign
Caleb Groves / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Geoff Duncan endorses Harris, says he's ‘committed to beating Donald Trump’
Discussion: The Hill
emptywheel:   Now that Joe Biden Stepped Down for the Good of the Country, Joe Kahn Must Join Him
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Kamala Harris makes Donald Trump do the one thing he fears most: Get up and get out
Discussion: New York Daily News
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Kamala Harris Beats Trump
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump's Nephew Reveals Racist Comments From Former President In New Book  —  In a new memoir, Fred C. Trump III claims his uncle, Donald J. Trump, made cruel and racist comments.  —  In 2020, a few months before the last election, former President Donald J. Trump's niece, Mary Trump …
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir  —  Fred Trump III writes that his uncle, Donald Trump, made the shocking suggestion during an Oval Office meeting in May 2020  —  Support truly  —  independent journalism
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Sweeping bipartisan Netanyahu boycott grows to include Pelosi … - “The purpose of having Netanyahu address Congress is to bolster his political standing in Israel,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a libertarian isolationist, said in a post on X.  — “I don't feel like being a prop so I won't be attending,” he said.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Around half of Congress' Democrats skip Netanyahu speech
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Capitol Hill's Netanyahu speech no-shows
Fred C. Trump III / TIME:
My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’  —  When my uncle was elected President, I recognized what a highly privileged position I would be in.  I would have some access to the White House.  And as long as that was true, I wanted to make sure I used that access for something positive.
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Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:
Trump Said Some Disabled People “Should Just Die,” According to His Nephew
Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
Posts spread baseless rumors about GOP vice presidential pick JD Vance having sex with a couch  —  CLAIM: Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir about having sex with a couch.  —  AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.  Vance does not write about performing such an act in his bestselling book.
New York Times:
The Murdoch Family Is Battling Over the Future of the Fox Empire  —  Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family's irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force.  Several of his children are fighting back.  —  Rupert Murdoch is locked …
CBS News:
Kamala Harris vetting about a dozen possible VP candidates  —  Approximately a dozen individuals are being vetted as possible running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a source familiar with the process.  —  That number is larger than previously reported …
Laura K. Field / Politico:
JD Vance Has a Bunch of Weird Views on Gender  —  Overt chauvinism is the unifying thread of the New Right.  —  On July 29, 2021, JD Vance appeared on Tucker Carlson's show back when he was still a Fox News host.  Like Carlson, Vance had once opposed Donald Trump, and like Carlson …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Harris' Wall Street allies strategize on private call, Rubin, Lasry, Wolf among them … Vice President Kamala Harris' allies on Wall Street huddled on a private Zoom call Wednesday to strategize how to defeat former President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
DNC gives would-be Harris rivals 3 days to declare  —  The timeline approved by the convention rules committee could also push Harris to pick a running mate in the next week.  —  If anyone is going to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, they have only until this weekend to do it.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Veep Stakes  —  In a normal presidential campaign, such as the one Vice-President Kamala Harris is running, “veepstakes” is a harmless play on the word “sweepstakes,” invoking a friendly competition to become a vice-presidential nominee.  One can enjoy thinking about matches between …
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New York Times:
As Kamala Harris Eyes VP Choices, Democrats Are Having Fun Again
Discussion: NBC News and The Bulwark
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Johnson seeks to quash “DEI hire”-type attacks on Harris … - Johnson (R-La.) encouraged members to" focus on policy not personality" during a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday, later echoing that sentiment publicly to reporters.  — Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) encouraged members in the meeting to …
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Politico:
Possible Burchett censure resolution
Discussion: The Hill and The Root
Zachary D. Carter / Slate:
You Have No Idea What Joe Biden Did for Employment  —  Joe Biden restored full employment as the bedrock economic commitment of the Democratic Party.  It is a simple legacy of great consequence.  —  Until Biden's presidency, American full employment—the economic situation when everyone …
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz  —  Two of Silicon Valley's famous venture capitalists made a case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters. … Last week, the founders of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz declared …
 
 
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Washington Post:
U.S. flag set ablaze, 23 arrested as thousands protest Netanyahu's D.C. visit
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he'll call for Supreme Court reform in final months in office
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Could Republicans get buyer's remorse with J.D. Vance?
Discussion: Business Insider and Fox News
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi endorses ultra-progressive San Francisco official, an Elon Musk foe
Discussion: The Hill
San Francisco Chronicle:
Aging, incoherent felon refuses to drop out of presidential race
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Hard Questions Joe Biden Must Answer
Discussion: Bloomberg
Joe Gould / Politico:
Sen. Mark Kelly, a Harris veep contender, rips into JD Vance on Ukraine
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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